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the reelected speaker of the house, john boehner, addressing the new 113th congress on thursday, part after very busy week on capitol hill for lawmakers and the media. first came the hoopla over a done deal to avert the fiscal cliff and then some outrage over a vote that didn't happen. >> disaster relief was something you didn't play games with. but now in this current atmosphere, everything is the subject one upsmanship and for the political game. and it's just, it's why the american people hate congress. it's why they hate them. >> that was new jersey's governor chris christie, one of a few republicans who criticized the fact that john boehner's republican-led house of representatives refused to hold a vote on a senate approved bill to spend 60 billion dollars on hurricane relief. now, they did approve a smaller chunk on friday. 9.7 billion dollars and they are promising to hold more votes, but here is how the media jumped on this. newark star, christy rips g.o.p. on sandy bill delay, cnn called it a bombshell. is that too much drama, jim? >> well, i mean, it works for christie, doe
the reelected speaker of the house, john boehner, addressing the new 113th congress on thursday, part after very busy week on capitol hill for lawmakers and the media. first came the hoopla over a done deal to avert the fiscal cliff and then some outrage over a vote that didn't happen. >> disaster relief was something you didn't play games with. but now in this current atmosphere, everything is the subject one upsmanship and for the political game. and it's just, it's why the american...
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in an interview with wall street jourj, john boehner said interesting things. quote, at one point several weeks ago the speaker said, the president said to me we don't have a spending problem. but mr. president we have a very serious spending problem. the speaker repeated this so often, end of negotiations the president became irritated, said quote, i'm getting tired of hearing you saying that. what i should have done, was to come out and say the house has done its work. house passed a bill and replaced the sequester and house passed a plan extending current tax rates. we passed the budget. we called upon the senate to do their work. we're back with our panel. next fight here. >> we heard pelosi with apologies to john paul jones which she and the president said last week we have not begun to tax and to spend. they have been open about this. as she said, she said we got you on rates, that is round one. round two we're going to squeeze the money out of you eliminating deductions and loopholes. look, it seems to me the republican leadership is finally beginning to
in an interview with wall street jourj, john boehner said interesting things. quote, at one point several weeks ago the speaker said, the president said to me we don't have a spending problem. but mr. president we have a very serious spending problem. the speaker repeated this so often, end of negotiations the president became irritated, said quote, i'm getting tired of hearing you saying that. what i should have done, was to come out and say the house has done its work. house passed a bill and...
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at the to get accurate picture you have to read something like eric boehner in his most recent book, the fiery trial. so even i have problems with some aspects of the people's history, but i have problems, as to almost all historians, with every work of history. that is because a certain amount of service to the is always pelton to the process of writing history. on the one hand is the problem of, we are always dealing with fragments of evidence. what comes down, very often, you know, a small fraction of what actually happened in the best command that fraction tends to represent the experiences and the interest of the privileged class is since there were the only ones for most of human history who knew how to write, knew of to keep records. so there is automatically a bias simply in terms of the evidence. then, when you bring to that fragmentary evidence the individual historian, he or she is always the product of their own life experience, the values that they currently hold, and so you have this subjective individualist historian interpreting what is also a subjective pile of very
at the to get accurate picture you have to read something like eric boehner in his most recent book, the fiery trial. so even i have problems with some aspects of the people's history, but i have problems, as to almost all historians, with every work of history. that is because a certain amount of service to the is always pelton to the process of writing history. on the one hand is the problem of, we are always dealing with fragments of evidence. what comes down, very often, you know, a small...
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boehner, may god bless this congress and bless the united states of america. my may i introduce, speaker of the house, john boehner. [ applause ] >> leader pelosi, thank you for your kind words. members of the house, and senate, my wife, debbie, who is with with us today. thankfully the girls are with working. and all of you in our fellow countrymen. we meet again at democracies great port of call. every two years, at this hour the constitution brings a new order to this house and it is an interlude for reflection. a glimpse of old truths. and to our new members and our families, let me just say, welcome. [ applause ] i know you're feeling a bit awe struck at this moment. history runs through this building. now you're among a select few to share in this privilege. and for those of you who are returning, who have walked these aisles before, maybe it's time we get a little awe struck again. [ applause ] you know, the way our founders envisioned it, the republican will be led by citizens who recognize that the blessings that we received by governing ourselves. an
boehner, may god bless this congress and bless the united states of america. my may i introduce, speaker of the house, john boehner. [ applause ] >> leader pelosi, thank you for your kind words. members of the house, and senate, my wife, debbie, who is with with us today. thankfully the girls are with working. and all of you in our fellow countrymen. we meet again at democracies great port of call. every two years, at this hour the constitution brings a new order to this house and it is...
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here's what speaker boehner has to understand. look on the state level, republican governors and state legislatures. you have republicans who control more state branches than they actually do democrats, and so this is just typical political whining as will said, both sides want to be in control. it's no doubt because you want to govern a lot easier, if your party controls all levels of political office. >> carol can we talk about what inspired boehner's statement? and that is that president obama's speech was openly progressive, not just on its face on its policy goals like you pointed out in climate change or gun control but in its philosophy as well. >> and? >> the elevation of collectiveism, of collective right, collective action. this is the cycle of american politics, one party begins to feel tough, big dog bows its chest out and reaches for goals that are beyond the american public's desires. it happened in 1934 with fdr packing the court, it happened in '66 with lbj's great society, roland pointing out some republican examp
here's what speaker boehner has to understand. look on the state level, republican governors and state legislatures. you have republicans who control more state branches than they actually do democrats, and so this is just typical political whining as will said, both sides want to be in control. it's no doubt because you want to govern a lot easier, if your party controls all levels of political office. >> carol can we talk about what inspired boehner's statement? and that is that...
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cantor wanted to vote for it and boehner was against it and this is it the latest example we saw the house vote. and lib ramedia versus gun owners. it is nbc david gregory takes main stream media arrogance to a new level and showing a large capacity gun clip on air . publishing of names and addresses of gun owners; is that their job? >> i am a man who follows the rule of law. we are not talking about the rule of law anymore. we are talking about endangering our citizens. these laws were written 30 years ago. 30 years ago we didn't have computers and facebook and we didn't have social media and we certainly doesn't have google maps and that's what broke the camem's back on this request. >> the clerk for new york's putnam county standing firm on his position not to release names and addresses of resident in his countiy that have lel pistol permits. he denied the request from the news. they had already shown the names and applications of permit owners in other counties. the action that the paper pulled got a lot of reaction. >> is it it their job or just to make headlines? >> they could
cantor wanted to vote for it and boehner was against it and this is it the latest example we saw the house vote. and lib ramedia versus gun owners. it is nbc david gregory takes main stream media arrogance to a new level and showing a large capacity gun clip on air . publishing of names and addresses of gun owners; is that their job? >> i am a man who follows the rule of law. we are not talking about the rule of law anymore. we are talking about endangering our citizens. these laws were...
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to the point, i personally think it was a mistake not to have supported john boehner's plan b. would have given us the leverage we needed and would have walked off with a better deal than we got. going forward on the spending fights, republicans are united. honestly the president has said himself these things need to be done. he just never has been willing to specify it. on debt ceiling, the president is asking for us what he wouldn't give george bush. he voted against raising the debt ceiling himself when he was in the senate and talked about it being a moral imperative to deal with debt. now it's time to live up to the words and standards he laid down as a united states senator. let's see what he's going to put on the table to deal with the debt. otherwise he's not going to get republican votes. >> congressman tom cole, we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you, thomas. >> women rule, new hampshire's governor, maggie hassan talks about the all female delegation in her state. first a small ohio town in the spotlight and not for anything they are too proud of, after an
to the point, i personally think it was a mistake not to have supported john boehner's plan b. would have given us the leverage we needed and would have walked off with a better deal than we got. going forward on the spending fights, republicans are united. honestly the president has said himself these things need to be done. he just never has been willing to specify it. on debt ceiling, the president is asking for us what he wouldn't give george bush. he voted against raising the debt ceiling...
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no wonder john boehner can't handle the right wing from his party. they're disconnected from what the rest of the country wants. no wonder boehner says i need this job like i need a hole in the head. joan boehner has the job nobody wants. head of the incredible shrink g gop. joining me now is krystal ball and dana millbank and an msnbc analyst. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thanks for having us, rev. >> krystal, isn't the gop's big base in the south hurting them and and hurting the rest of the country. >> it absolutely is. the more the party shrinks down, it becomes a self fulfilling prophesy because the republicans get associated with the very far right, con serveltive politics that are very popular in the south. so it makes it harder for northeastern republicans across the country outside of the south to get elected. and what we see is in many of these districts, they're not worried about a challenge from the left. they're not worried about their general election. they're worried about primary battles and increasingly, too. they're conc
no wonder john boehner can't handle the right wing from his party. they're disconnected from what the rest of the country wants. no wonder boehner says i need this job like i need a hole in the head. joan boehner has the job nobody wants. head of the incredible shrink g gop. joining me now is krystal ball and dana millbank and an msnbc analyst. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thanks for having us, rev. >> krystal, isn't the gop's big base in the south hurting them and and...
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they knew how much john boehner wanted a great decision. mr. obama couldn't make a deal like that, even when it would have made the president look good, the grand bargain. did mr. obama miss a critical opportunity to extend an olive branch to the republicans, specifically john boehner as a gesture of conciliation. what's missing is a picture of the president with the speaker. that doesn't even exist. this is sort of a deal. >> i read peggy's peace, i think it's entitled there's no i in kumbaya. it was an interesting title. i got sort of what she was trying to say, at the end of the day, she sounds as if she has sour grapes over the election. it's not about extending olive branches, it's about doing your job. i was really sick and tired of seeing both sides talk about how brave they were, and how courageous they were. no one else in america is as brave and courageous as these politicians for doing the basics of their job. this whole conversation we've had not raising taxes on the middle class is something that was resolved in the senate months a
they knew how much john boehner wanted a great decision. mr. obama couldn't make a deal like that, even when it would have made the president look good, the grand bargain. did mr. obama miss a critical opportunity to extend an olive branch to the republicans, specifically john boehner as a gesture of conciliation. what's missing is a picture of the president with the speaker. that doesn't even exist. this is sort of a deal. >> i read peggy's peace, i think it's entitled there's no i in...
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during december's fiscal cliff negotiations, representative john boehner winning re-election as speaker of the house. this congress -- the most diverse in history, with a record number of women and minorities. among them is the first buddhist to join the senate, as well as the first hindu and the first openly bisexual woman in the house. secretary of state hillary clinton heading back to work after being released from a new york city hospital following treatment for a blood clot. many lawmakers demanding clinton testify about the terror attack in benghazi before voting on her potential successor, nominee senator john kerry. google chairman eric schmidt and former new mexico governor bill richardson arriving in north korea. his visit drawing criticism from the state department because it comes only weeks after a controversial north korean rocket launch. the delegation defends its trip to the communist nation. >> this is a private humanitarian visit. we're here as individual american citizens, looking at the humanitarian situation. we're gonna ask about the american detainee who's here. w
during december's fiscal cliff negotiations, representative john boehner winning re-election as speaker of the house. this congress -- the most diverse in history, with a record number of women and minorities. among them is the first buddhist to join the senate, as well as the first hindu and the first openly bisexual woman in the house. secretary of state hillary clinton heading back to work after being released from a new york city hospital following treatment for a blood clot. many lawmakers...
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john boehner took a lot of criticism. as he said, he was able to herd his cats. it was like making sausage. he made some interesting points about the president in the wall street journal. in her words, john boehner, they knew how much he wanted a historic agreement on the great issue of his time. mr. obama couldn't have even make a deal with a man like that, even when it would have made the president look good. lz, did mr. obama miss a critical opportunity to extend an olive branch to the republicans, specifically john boehner, as a gesture of conciliation? what's missing is a picture of the president with the speaker. that doesn't exist. this was sort of a deal. >> i read peggy's piece entitled. there is no "i" in kumbayya. it is not about extending olive branches but about doing your job. i was sick and tired of seeing both sides talk about how brave and how courageous they were. no one else in america is brave and courageous as much as these politicians for doing the very basics of their job. this whole conversation we had in terms of not raising taxes on the
john boehner took a lot of criticism. as he said, he was able to herd his cats. it was like making sausage. he made some interesting points about the president in the wall street journal. in her words, john boehner, they knew how much he wanted a historic agreement on the great issue of his time. mr. obama couldn't have even make a deal with a man like that, even when it would have made the president look good. lz, did mr. obama miss a critical opportunity to extend an olive branch to the...
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it marks the second time now that house speaker john boehner has broken his own rule, the boehner rule, model on the hastert rule. said the speaker would not bring any bill to the floor for a vote that does not have the support of a majority of his conference, a majority of the majority, it's known as. but last night, just about 20% of the republican conference voted for the bill. the vote split the leadership, majority leader eric cantor, majority whip mccarthy voted for the bill. boehner first broke his rule on new year's day when he allowed a vote to avert the fiscal cliff on taxes. apparently there's an addendum to the boehner rule. the majority of the majority, unless the country is on the verge of a tax crisis, or chris christie has access the to a megaphone. christie made sure this week that republicans knew he would use it. >> and i'll say again, new jersey does not expect anything more than what was done for louisiana and alabama and mississippi and if they want to make new rules about disasters, they picked the wrong state to make the new rules with. >> and yesterday, new yor
it marks the second time now that house speaker john boehner has broken his own rule, the boehner rule, model on the hastert rule. said the speaker would not bring any bill to the floor for a vote that does not have the support of a majority of his conference, a majority of the majority, it's known as. but last night, just about 20% of the republican conference voted for the bill. the vote split the leadership, majority leader eric cantor, majority whip mccarthy voted for the bill. boehner...
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cantor wanted to vote for it and boehner was against it and this is it the latest example we saw the house vote. and lib ramedia versus gun owners. it isbc david gregory takes main stream media arrogance to a new level and showing a large capacity gun clip on air . publishing of names and addresses of gun owners; is that their job? all next on news watch. [ female announcer ] with the 2-in-1 swiffer sweeper, a great clean doesn't have to take long. i'm done. are you thinking what i'm thinking? ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ okay. all righ oh! [ female announcer ] the 2-in-1 swiffr sweeper uses electrostatic dry cloths to clean better than a broom. and its wet mopping cloths can clean better than a mop in half the time so you don't miss a thing. mom, have you seen my -- hey! hey! he did it. [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. >> i am a man who follows the rule of law. we are not talking about the rule of law anymore. we are talking about endangering our citizens. these laws were written 30 years ago. 30 years ago we didn't have com
cantor wanted to vote for it and boehner was against it and this is it the latest example we saw the house vote. and lib ramedia versus gun owners. it isbc david gregory takes main stream media arrogance to a new level and showing a large capacity gun clip on air . publishing of names and addresses of gun owners; is that their job? all next on news watch. [ female announcer ] with the 2-in-1 swiffer sweeper, a great clean doesn't have to take long. i'm done. are you thinking what i'm thinking?...
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both of them are -- broke with boehner during the latest speaker boehner. rand paul is in the senate. he is continuing the rand paul movement in many ways. he is now on the senate foreign relations committee. you will hear him talk more about the ron paul ideal foreign policy, less foreign aid, more conservative ideas about where to spend money, where to have troops. host: my apologies. coughing attack here. mitch mcconnell -- his role? guest: he is doing a lot. mitch mcconnell -- when there was really an impasse in the fiscal cliff negotiation, he was able to call vice president biden and cut a deal. that's as a lot about mitch mcconnell's political abilities -- that says a lot about mitch mcconnell's political abilities. the house continues to be a mess. mitch mcconnell is the one who can get senate republicans working together with the white house to get something done. host: next, a caller from north carolina, a republican caller. caller: good morning. can you hear me? guest: yes. caller: i just want to make a comment in support of john boehner. this is
both of them are -- broke with boehner during the latest speaker boehner. rand paul is in the senate. he is continuing the rand paul movement in many ways. he is now on the senate foreign relations committee. you will hear him talk more about the ron paul ideal foreign policy, less foreign aid, more conservative ideas about where to spend money, where to have troops. host: my apologies. coughing attack here. mitch mcconnell -- his role? guest: he is doing a lot. mitch mcconnell -- when there...
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that being said, this is not a diversion, this was a real cliff, a real problem, i think john boehner deserves a lot of credit for having put so much into it. for having tried so hard to make a deal. for having herded his cats. it was not pretty, it was not making sausage, it was to the the straightest line between "a" and "b," but it got done. he deserves a lot of credit even from his predecessors. >> another thing that's troubled me about how it all played out. that was president obama's handling of negotiations. john boehner took a lot of criticism and as ana said, he was able to herd his cats, it was like making sausage. peggy noonan said mr. obama couldn't make a deal like that, even when it would have made the president look good, the grand bargain. did mr. obama miss a critical opportunity to extend an olive branch to the republicans, specifically john boehner as a gesture of conciliation. what's missing is a picture of the president with the speaker. that doesn't even exist. and this was sort of a deal. >> i read peggy's peace, i think it's entitled "there's no i in kumbaya."
that being said, this is not a diversion, this was a real cliff, a real problem, i think john boehner deserves a lot of credit for having put so much into it. for having tried so hard to make a deal. for having herded his cats. it was not pretty, it was not making sausage, it was to the the straightest line between "a" and "b," but it got done. he deserves a lot of credit even from his predecessors. >> another thing that's troubled me about how it all played out. that...
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or can boehner dump cantor? >> guest: i don't think you're going to see speaker boehner dump cantor. i don't think they are the best of friends but they have a close professional relationship. this is a conference that needs the leadership to be working together. in the past there has been discussion of the regard between boehner and cantor but moving forward, there continues to be in the political corner working together as a better solution. the most important thing to watch is that cantor isn't saying much published in -- publicly and at least there's doing that i doubt you will hear about cantor working gets boehner. >> host: gilbert go kentucky, independent caller. >> caller: good morning. it seems to me that cantor goes behind speaker boehner's back. [inaudible] there is a lot of sacred stuff going around in the republican party. they need to be more united and they are not. the american people elected the same people over and over and over. until that stops i don't know how americans are going to move for
or can boehner dump cantor? >> guest: i don't think you're going to see speaker boehner dump cantor. i don't think they are the best of friends but they have a close professional relationship. this is a conference that needs the leadership to be working together. in the past there has been discussion of the regard between boehner and cantor but moving forward, there continues to be in the political corner working together as a better solution. the most important thing to watch is that...
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boehner says the significant support, the sequester to do its work. up until now, boehner and the republicans are very, very against the spending. do you think there is something real there? or do you think that boehner is trying to carve out a negotiating position, saying we're not afraid of the sequester trying to get a stronger hand going into the negotiations? >> well, it is definitely a switch. originally the position was they would do away with the defense after the sequester, but cutting more deeply into nondefense and programs here at home. yeah, they're clearly getting the message that the american people are -- let me just say, i want to summarize it this way. we did not before 1940 as a country have a big military budget. for 50 years, first with hitler, then with communism, the american people were really ready to deal with the people that were a threat to the society. although i think it decreased more than we realized towards the end. what then happened, both george h. bush and bill clinton, and after the others, cheney and the others, w
boehner says the significant support, the sequester to do its work. up until now, boehner and the republicans are very, very against the spending. do you think there is something real there? or do you think that boehner is trying to carve out a negotiating position, saying we're not afraid of the sequester trying to get a stronger hand going into the negotiations? >> well, it is definitely a switch. originally the position was they would do away with the defense after the sequester, but...
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speaker boehner said we talked about raising the debt ceiling and we want an equal or greater offset in taxes or other cuts. equal or greater offset rather in spending cuts. mitch mcconnell. let's listen to what he said. >> now, that he has the tax rates he wants his calls for balance means he needs to join us in the effort to achieve meaningful spending reform. the president may not want to have this debate but it is the one he is going have because the country needs it. >> does the country need this debate? two years ago we went from 14 to $16 trillion debt ceiling and everybody said how horrible that was. now, we are talking about going from 16 to 18 trillion and that only takes us through 2014 at which point we will be talking about going to $20 trillion. a lot of people are rightly asking i think when does this stop. >> when does the madness stop. the country not only needs the debate. we need to solve the problem. what you will see from the house is we will put forward a plan that says if you want to increase the borrowing authority of this country here is a mean you of options
speaker boehner said we talked about raising the debt ceiling and we want an equal or greater offset in taxes or other cuts. equal or greater offset rather in spending cuts. mitch mcconnell. let's listen to what he said. >> now, that he has the tax rates he wants his calls for balance means he needs to join us in the effort to achieve meaningful spending reform. the president may not want to have this debate but it is the one he is going have because the country needs it. >> does...
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look, boehner right now reminds me of a zombie speaker of the house. i mean, he is presiding over the mad hatter's tea party in "alice in wonderland" there are actually republicans, and howard is right, who are sitting there saying let's crash the full faith and credit of the united states. after all, one of them said, we got to do it at some point. we have to do it. let's go through the pain now. that is a political disaster for the gop. you know, normally, if you look at 2014, you'd say republicans are going to gain house seats. republicans might take the senate. if they go down this road, and i think mitch mcconnell knows this, the senate republican leader, and i think boehner knows it too. if they go down this road, they risk breaking that precedent and really suffering in the midterm elections. >> let's talk about gun safety. this is going to be -- it seems to be a pretty heavy lift for the congress here, even in the wake of a horrific tragedy. howard fineman, where does this stand right now? there is a lot of rancor going back and forth, people c
look, boehner right now reminds me of a zombie speaker of the house. i mean, he is presiding over the mad hatter's tea party in "alice in wonderland" there are actually republicans, and howard is right, who are sitting there saying let's crash the full faith and credit of the united states. after all, one of them said, we got to do it at some point. we have to do it. let's go through the pain now. that is a political disaster for the gop. you know, normally, if you look at 2014, you'd...
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beyonce sang, boehner went wept, and we were able to see what an inauguration party looked like. last saturday was gun appreciation day lead to go five accidental shootings nationwide. next saturday it's running with scissors appreciate day. today is the birthday of attorney general eric holder, j master j and 36 years ago my friends president jimmy carter pardoned the vietnam war draft evaders. and george w bush, dick cheney and mitt romney didn't show up. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang. this is "viewpoint." thank you for spending your martin luther king jr. holiday with us. president obama marked his second inauguration at president with a speech that was less lofty and a lot of more lefty than his first time around. after taking the oath of office from chief justice john roberts mr. obama outlined a wish-list of progressive policies and programs for the next four years and called for collective action to put them in practice. >> obama: now more than ever we must do these things together as one nation and one people. we the people, understand
beyonce sang, boehner went wept, and we were able to see what an inauguration party looked like. last saturday was gun appreciation day lead to go five accidental shootings nationwide. next saturday it's running with scissors appreciate day. today is the birthday of attorney general eric holder, j master j and 36 years ago my friends president jimmy carter pardoned the vietnam war draft evaders. and george w bush, dick cheney and mitt romney didn't show up. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >>...
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i happen to think john boehner is -- deserves more credit than he's getting. >> i like boehner, too, but i think he's overwhelmed by the right. we grew up in a country where there was clifford case from new jersey, hugh scott in pennsylvania, schweiker from pennsylvania and weicker from connecticut and ed brook from massachusetts and up and down the -- all these republicans from the northeast. they're blown away. the only person left i think is susan collins now. so what's wrong? what happened to the republican party of the northeast? the people watching tv right now, by the way. >> we have to be a party that focuses on the issues that bind us together, and they're not the social issues. a national party has got to give a member of congress or the senate the ability to represent their constituency, and a party that denies them that opportunity, they're not going to get elected. >> chris, you can't overstate the problem the republican party has with women voters. new hampshire used to be -- >> i know you can't. >> four male republicans -- >> credit to the senator in indiana, the candi
i happen to think john boehner is -- deserves more credit than he's getting. >> i like boehner, too, but i think he's overwhelmed by the right. we grew up in a country where there was clifford case from new jersey, hugh scott in pennsylvania, schweiker from pennsylvania and weicker from connecticut and ed brook from massachusetts and up and down the -- all these republicans from the northeast. they're blown away. the only person left i think is susan collins now. so what's wrong? what...
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>> i think john boehner has had a rather rough month. i think we should cut the guy a little slack. this will get done in a couple days. let's move on. >> you think it is that simple though? they are complaining saying it was much faster -- >> i'm afraid -- they won't take it up in the next couple of days unfortunately. don has a point in that i think it'll get done. but christie has a point when he says it has taken much longer for d disasters in many ways less damaging than this one? >> why? because of the fiscal cliff? >> it just has to get on another legislative bill somewhere. >> don, i think the frustration is, the american people, when you dig into the fiscal cliff bill, it has benefits for asparagus farmers, depreciation for nascar tracks. congress has the ability to take those things in. take the time to cut and paste and slap things in. but can't seem to get around it a vote in the house for an pornlt issue. >> this is fairly typical of lame duck fashions. especially with a bill like fiscal cliff. other important things are held hostage and sometimes the clock runs out. yo
>> i think john boehner has had a rather rough month. i think we should cut the guy a little slack. this will get done in a couple days. let's move on. >> you think it is that simple though? they are complaining saying it was much faster -- >> i'm afraid -- they won't take it up in the next couple of days unfortunately. don has a point in that i think it'll get done. but christie has a point when he says it has taken much longer for d disasters in many ways less damaging than...
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he and boehner both are. i think he's much more cynical about what republicans will agree to and i think he's come to think that many of them won't do anything with him. >> rose: national security, politics, and the economy when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. poop announced his picks for two of the most important national security positions earlier today. for secretary of defense he nominated former republican senator chuck hagel. he chose counterterrorism advisor john brennan to head the c.i.a.. >> chuck hagel is the leader that our troops deserve. he is an american patriot, he enlisted in the army and volunteered for vietnam. as the young private and then sergeant he served with honor alongside his own brother. he'd be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as secretary of defense. one of the few secretaries who've been wounded in war and the first vietnam veteran to lead the department. a 25-year veteran of the c.i.a. go
he and boehner both are. i think he's much more cynical about what republicans will agree to and i think he's come to think that many of them won't do anything with him. >> rose: national security, politics, and the economy when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. poop announced his picks for two of the most important national security positions earlier today. for secretary of defense he nominated former...
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>> no, john boehner, john boehner tried to do a political thing which was to try to preempt the president and the democrats with his plan b, which was to raise taxes on millionaires. and not on-- and he couldn't get the votes out of his own caucus to do it. so at that point, i mean 50 people in that caucus, judy, who basically will not go for anything. and they proved it when the fiscal cliff bill came before the house and it had to be passed. so i mean john boehner then found himself rolled, over to the senate. he had no choice and he's got a real restive constituency in that republican house caucus. he came within three votes of not being re-elected as speaker. members sat on the floor and didn't vote. i mean you know so he's in a very precarious position. i don't know why he wants to be speaker at this point. given the difficulty of the job and the precariousness of his position. i mean i think he's a very able legislator. i think he believes in the legislative process and i think he is a grown-up. but boy, he's got a tough row ahead of him. >> january 4th, in less than a minute what a
>> no, john boehner, john boehner tried to do a political thing which was to try to preempt the president and the democrats with his plan b, which was to raise taxes on millionaires. and not on-- and he couldn't get the votes out of his own caucus to do it. so at that point, i mean 50 people in that caucus, judy, who basically will not go for anything. and they proved it when the fiscal cliff bill came before the house and it had to be passed. so i mean john boehner then found himself...
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but his view-- particularly on john boehner-- is that boehner cannot deliver a deal. he can do all the schmoozing he wants but when john boehner, the house speaker, goes back to his caucus they are driven and ruled by imperatives that are impervious to schmoozing and this that's basically their constituents at home and therefore if boehner can't help him make a deal he has to find some other kind of leverage and that comes from the outside which is why in the inaugural address today the president talked about voters and said we have to do it not through our votes but our voices that's why he's organizing america for action, to try and build pressure from the outside that will somehow work on lawmakers. he's tried that before but they're recommitted it-to-it now that's given up on dealing with congress directly. >> if you took the 2001 most influential people in washington 2000 of them if you them in a room and ask them to chat about the topics, the president's lack of willingness to reach out to congress very much, his lack of feel for the importance of relationships,
but his view-- particularly on john boehner-- is that boehner cannot deliver a deal. he can do all the schmoozing he wants but when john boehner, the house speaker, goes back to his caucus they are driven and ruled by imperatives that are impervious to schmoozing and this that's basically their constituents at home and therefore if boehner can't help him make a deal he has to find some other kind of leverage and that comes from the outside which is why in the inaugural address today the...
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. >>> behind closed doors today, speaker john boehner revealed the 113th congress is not going to learn the lessons of the 112th, brace yourself for the debt ceiling debacle, part two. >>> john boehner once again holds the speaker's gavel. only in his hands, it is weightless and makes no sound. >> the number one issue is still the economy. >> the new jobs reports shows 155,000 jobs added. >> that is about what was expected. >> things only get worse for john boehner. >> he is getting hit from all sides. >> we're standing here not to be something but to do something. >> if washington was going to do something they had their opening. >> it is a time to rise. >> the next flight, the debt ceiling. >> i think that is frankly a dead loser. >> it is time to rise. >> we really are playing with dynamite with the debt ceiling. >> is the glass full or half empty. >> tax increases destroy jobs. >> we always assume the republicans have the leverage in the debt ceiling negotiations. >> i will not have another debate with this congress. they should pay the bills they have already racked up. >> he is th
. >>> behind closed doors today, speaker john boehner revealed the 113th congress is not going to learn the lessons of the 112th, brace yourself for the debt ceiling debacle, part two. >>> john boehner once again holds the speaker's gavel. only in his hands, it is weightless and makes no sound. >> the number one issue is still the economy. >> the new jobs reports shows 155,000 jobs added. >> that is about what was expected. >> things only get worse for...
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>> no, john boehner john boehner tried to do a political thing which was to try to preempt the president and the democrats with his plan b which was to raise taxes on millionaires. and not on-- and he couldn't get the votes out of his own caucus to do it. so at that point i mean 50 people in that caucus judy, who basically will not go for anything. and they proved it when the fiscal cliff bill came before the house and it had to be passed. so i mean john boehner then found himself rolled over to the senate. he had no choice and he's got a real restive constituency in that republican house caucus. he came within three votes of not being re-elected as speaker. members sat on the floor and didn't vote. i mean you know so he's in a very precarious position. i don't know why he wants to be speaker at this point. given the difficulty of the job and the precariousness of his position. i mean i think he's a very able legislator. i think he believes in the legislative process and i think he is a grown-up. but boy, he's got a tough row ahead of him. >> january 4th in less than a minute what are th
>> no, john boehner john boehner tried to do a political thing which was to try to preempt the president and the democrats with his plan b which was to raise taxes on millionaires. and not on-- and he couldn't get the votes out of his own caucus to do it. so at that point i mean 50 people in that caucus judy, who basically will not go for anything. and they proved it when the fiscal cliff bill came before the house and it had to be passed. so i mean john boehner then found himself rolled...
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harry reid said back to boehner. what are you talking about. boehner repeated verbatim, go f yourself. this is indication of the poison atmosphere up here. when the sequestration runs out next few months and congress must vote to increase the debt ceiling. it appears speaker boehner is fwirding for a fight on both fronts in a statement that he issued last night. he said in part, quote, now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will use it in 2013 to hold the president accountable for the quote, balanced approach he promised. meaning significant spending cuts and reforms to entitlement programs that are driving our country deeper and deeper into debt. the president last night indicate he is open to come promy to spending cuts but drew a line when it comes to the debt ceiling. here's the president. >> now, one last point i want to make. while i will negotiate over many things, i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they hav
harry reid said back to boehner. what are you talking about. boehner repeated verbatim, go f yourself. this is indication of the poison atmosphere up here. when the sequestration runs out next few months and congress must vote to increase the debt ceiling. it appears speaker boehner is fwirding for a fight on both fronts in a statement that he issued last night. he said in part, quote, now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will...
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>> i think it is disappointing john boehner would go to the extreme talking points. he has not always been an extreme guy. he has been in the house for a long time. look to president obama, look actually at his record. when we moved into the sequester fight in early december, the first thing out of president obama's mouth he would look at any good idea regardless who it came from. he has consistent history of trying to work across the aisle. bill: does he now? bipartisan? >> the ideas that he a lick tated in the inauguration speech, those are american values. these are not traditionally democratic values. republicans used to be able to talk about these issues. it is really the republican party that has left the center, that has left america. bill: you can't see her but monica is smiling at you, emily. i will come back to you in a moment here. but overall, the theme you're picking up on now is that if you can delay the big, big, decisions facing america and government, monica, you can put all your cards on the table for a midterm election, if you take control of the h
>> i think it is disappointing john boehner would go to the extreme talking points. he has not always been an extreme guy. he has been in the house for a long time. look to president obama, look actually at his record. when we moved into the sequester fight in early december, the first thing out of president obama's mouth he would look at any good idea regardless who it came from. he has consistent history of trying to work across the aisle. bill: does he now? bipartisan? >> the...
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you know, now boehner is saying i'm not going to negotiate directly with president obama when last year it was they wanted to stuck obama in because they thought that was going to take him down. it was like, come on, guys. what are you doing, actually? what's your strategy here? i've said this before. they're going from tactic to tactic to tactic without an actual strategy or a vision of where they're actually trying to go. >> the other thing is i would say -- i apologize for interrupting. the addendum to that in terms of getting smaller and smaller, there's a chart that was laid out pretty clearly, that a lot of this is that especially in the house, i mean, nationally there is a broader problem, but in terms of congressional republicans and congressional democrats these seats have been jerry mannedered to the extent that they are fairly safe. what is the incentive for not doing it? >> putting party or country before that which requires -- >> i don't think either side actually has a premium on that necessarily. >> that -- i will say, though, you know -- i mean, i think it's fair to say
you know, now boehner is saying i'm not going to negotiate directly with president obama when last year it was they wanted to stuck obama in because they thought that was going to take him down. it was like, come on, guys. what are you doing, actually? what's your strategy here? i've said this before. they're going from tactic to tactic to tactic without an actual strategy or a vision of where they're actually trying to go. >> the other thing is i would say -- i apologize for...
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speaker boehner couldn't move his caucus along. and you were on the floor during speakership, and it was a lot closer than anyone really expected. >> look, there were only 12 republicans who did not support him, right? but it was incredibly dramatic because 17 was the number that would force it to go to another ballot and then who knows what would happen. there was a moment during that vote, as i was watching on the floor, where there were more than 17 that were still, you know, still out there so let their names go by without voting the first time and you could see the speaker's staff on the floor and you could see the staffers for the whip, mccarthy on the floor keeping vote tallies and worried this was going to go the wrong way. this was a real shot across -- >> republicans who are worried for speaker boehner doing exactly what their constituents elected them to do. >> they are dissenting from the great american consensus. i again think the journalistic narrative about washington today is 180 degrees wrong. the problem in the co
speaker boehner couldn't move his caucus along. and you were on the floor during speakership, and it was a lot closer than anyone really expected. >> look, there were only 12 republicans who did not support him, right? but it was incredibly dramatic because 17 was the number that would force it to go to another ballot and then who knows what would happen. there was a moment during that vote, as i was watching on the floor, where there were more than 17 that were still, you know, still out...